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Next up, the Pilgrims have the task of hosting table-topping Shrewsbury Town on Saturday, not many would have thought that would have been the case at the start of the season.

Paul Hurst’s men have enjoyed an incredible start to the 2017/18 campaign, having only dropped six points from a possible 36.

They are the only remaining unbeaten team in the English Football League and it will be a tough test for bottom of-the-table Argyle.

But what would I like to see changed for that game?

Alex Fletcher battles for the ball with Nathan Pond during the League One match between Plymouth Argyle and Fleetwood Town on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Home Park (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)

For a start I would like to see Alex Fletcher partner Nathan Blissett up front. I am sick and tired of hearing people saying that he is too young or that now is not the right time to throw him into the mix.

Well, when is the right time? We are struggling to score goals and in all competitions, despite his limited minutes, Fletcher is Argyle’s top goal scorer.

Other clubs up and down the league, especially at League One and Two level, rely on young players to bolster their squad.

Why is it different at Argyle?

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Last season Leyton Orient came to Home Park with a very young side and managed to win 3-2, the Pilgrims arch-rivals Exeter City continue to give young talent a chance and are reaping financial rewards because of it.

Let’s be honest, a number of the professionals at Argyle are not playing well enough, so what is there to lose?

Argyle have already lost nine of their 12 league games this season and they are barely creating any chances during these matches.

It doesn’t matter how many crosses have been met, it doesn’t matter how many shots have been taken if they are all closer to the stadium roof than the top of the net.

Derek Adams during the League One match between Bristol Rovers and Plymouth Argyle on Saturday, September 30, 2017 at Memorial Stadium (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)

These excuses are all deflecting from the issue.

I am deeply concerned for Argyle and that concern comes from my love for the club.

I have supported the team for 15 years and I know that there are people out there that have supported the club for far longer than me.

It is my job to write honestly about what I see, it is not to act as some kind of PR firm to the club.

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When Argyle are playing well, I will write about it (as I have done for the last couple of seasons) but that also means that I will say the team are poor when they are poor.

I don’t take joy in writing about defeat after defeat, I don’t take joy from writing about Adams’ future being questioned and I certainly don’t take joy from seeing Argyle bottom of the League One table.

Green Army home fans have little to cheer about during the League One match between Plymouth Argyle and Fleetwood Town on Saturday, October 7, 2017 at Home Park (Image: Dave Rowntree/PPAUK)

But if Argyle get relegated then everything that Adams has achieved with the club will amount to nothing.

The hard work that has been put into the club to get the side into League One will have been for little reward.

I hope that in a month’s time I am writing about how Derek Adams has proved people wrong after a run of straight victories.

But I just don’t see an Argyle victory coming anytime soon as things stand, that is why a change in approach is needed for Saturday.